[For the record, I did search, and the only recent thread ("I need a pole saw") was a little general vs. my questions, so I decided not to bump that one. I know this isn't an OPE forum, but has spent plenty of my money over the years 
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The short(-ish) version:
I need a pole saw with some reach. I have Ego and Milwaukee battery systems in my garage. The Milwaukee isn't very long, even with an extension. The Ego PSX2510 appears to give me 17' (with an extension), but there appears to be another one (PPSX2504) that does as well and I think I can cobble a kit of that together (without the battery and charger I don't need) for a bit more money than the PSX2510. I can't find anything that tells me the difference. I can't tell of the 2510 replaces the 2504 either. The reason I'm trying to figure out the 2504 is it appears to have a better handle setup (a rear handle available) and trigger that might add some additional reach.
PSX2510: https://www.acmetools.com/ego-psx2510-commercial-10-pole-saw-bare-tool-psx2510/416002000830.html
PPSX2504: https://www.acmetools.com/ego-power-commercial-pole-saw-kit-ppsx2504/416000002409.html
Some background:
The "new" house I bought recently has a lot of trees, and like the rest of the house there hasn't been a lot of management or maintenance. I've got several trees that will need some limbing, and a wooded path to the park that runs behind the house that is overgrown with trees and brush, not to mention blocked by several trees that fell in a storm at some point.
The path is a longer-term project, but there's a huge oak in the front with some fairly big dead branches (several have fallen recently, thankfully no cars were in the way...), a holly tree in the back that needs to come down and will need a lot of limbing first and several big holly bushes in the front that we'll be taking down right away.
All of these things involve a fair bit of height. Like, at 17' there's still stuff I won't reach that I want to kind of thing, especially the oak and the trail.
I do have a Kobalt 80v setup that has a pole saw attachment and an extension that would be serviceable for the bushes and the holly tree (probably), but even with the extension it just doesn't have a lot of reach. It's not huge on power either, but I could live with that if it could get up there. If I get something new, I'll be selling my Kobalt setup as it will be fully replaced by Ego. I'm not adding any other battery systems to the garage - it's going to be an Ego or Milwaukee
The Questions:
Any have experience with either Ego? Or know the difference? Am I missing something with the Milwaukee product or is it only ~13' with an extension? (which excludes it if true)
Thanks in advance for any help/insight!
]The short(-ish) version:
I need a pole saw with some reach. I have Ego and Milwaukee battery systems in my garage. The Milwaukee isn't very long, even with an extension. The Ego PSX2510 appears to give me 17' (with an extension), but there appears to be another one (PPSX2504) that does as well and I think I can cobble a kit of that together (without the battery and charger I don't need) for a bit more money than the PSX2510. I can't find anything that tells me the difference. I can't tell of the 2510 replaces the 2504 either. The reason I'm trying to figure out the 2504 is it appears to have a better handle setup (a rear handle available) and trigger that might add some additional reach.
PSX2510: https://www.acmetools.com/ego-psx2510-commercial-10-pole-saw-bare-tool-psx2510/416002000830.html
PPSX2504: https://www.acmetools.com/ego-power-commercial-pole-saw-kit-ppsx2504/416000002409.html
Some background:
The "new" house I bought recently has a lot of trees, and like the rest of the house there hasn't been a lot of management or maintenance. I've got several trees that will need some limbing, and a wooded path to the park that runs behind the house that is overgrown with trees and brush, not to mention blocked by several trees that fell in a storm at some point.
The path is a longer-term project, but there's a huge oak in the front with some fairly big dead branches (several have fallen recently, thankfully no cars were in the way...), a holly tree in the back that needs to come down and will need a lot of limbing first and several big holly bushes in the front that we'll be taking down right away.
All of these things involve a fair bit of height. Like, at 17' there's still stuff I won't reach that I want to kind of thing, especially the oak and the trail.
I do have a Kobalt 80v setup that has a pole saw attachment and an extension that would be serviceable for the bushes and the holly tree (probably), but even with the extension it just doesn't have a lot of reach. It's not huge on power either, but I could live with that if it could get up there. If I get something new, I'll be selling my Kobalt setup as it will be fully replaced by Ego. I'm not adding any other battery systems to the garage - it's going to be an Ego or Milwaukee
The Questions:
Any have experience with either Ego? Or know the difference? Am I missing something with the Milwaukee product or is it only ~13' with an extension? (which excludes it if true)
Thanks in advance for any help/insight!